RT Book, Section
A1 Stovall, Robert T.
A1 Pieracci, Fredric M.
A2 Stahel, Philip F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1144002435
T1 Technical Errors and Bail-Out Strategies in Gallbladder Surgery
T2 Surgical Patient Safety: A Case-Based Approach
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071842631
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144002435
RD 2024/04/19
AB Gallbladder  disease  and  thus  surgery  are  extraordinarily  common;  whereas  most  cholecystectomies  occur  uneventfully,  there  are  many  serious  complications  that  can  occur.  Thus,  the  surgeon  should  not  be  lulled  into  a  sense  of  complacencyRegardless  of  patient  or  gallbladder  disease  severity,  each  surgeon  should  develop  a  list  of  steps  to  laparoscopic  cholecystectomy,  which  should  be  followed  in  order  every  time.  Inability  to  proceed  through  the  steps  should  prompt  either  deviation  to  an  established  “bail  out”  maneuver  (eg,  sub-total  cholecystectomy),  or  conversion  to  openAnatomic  variations  in  both  biliary  and  arterial  anatomy  are  common;  the  surgeon  must  familiarize  themselves  with  these  variants  and  anticipate  their  existence.